BM 1986-10-07 EcDevMinutes of October 7, 1986
The Economic & Business Development Board of the City of Coppell met in
a regular session on Tuesday, October 7, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the second
floor Conference Room of the Town Center. The following members were
present:
John Bailey, Chairman
Jim Brown, Boardmember
David Greer, Boardmember
Sam Shuler, Boardmember
Also present was Secretary Teresa Daniels.
The meeting was called to order.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
Item 1: Chairman's Report
A. Chairman John Bailey welcomed Sam Shuler to the Board.
B. Would like to recommended to the Council that Lynn Brock
be nominated as a Voting Member and Barb Schmidt be
nominated as a Team Member.
C. Requested a list of current Team Members and their phone
numbers from Linda Grau.
D. Noted an error on the Expiration Date for John Bailey;
the correct Expiration Date is October 1, 1987.
E. Distributed copies of articles that have appeared in
The Metrocrest News featuring stories promoting Coppell
Businesses. Chairman Bailey stated that Coppell has not
been very active in the Metroplex Chamber and we are
trying to get Coppell more involved. Chairman Bailey
proposed that in the next month or two we have a
"get to know our business members" party.This could take
place one evening after business hours and would include
all of the Coppell businesses. The Chamber would sponsor
this along with the Coppell Business Association. We
would like to hold this get together at City Hall.
F. Chairman Bailey reported that we are considering having a
satellite Chamber office located in City Hall. This
person would be here three days a week to handle all
phone calls, etc. regarding requests for information on
Coppell.
G. Chairman Bailey announced that at the next meeting we
need to re -elect the Chairman, Vice Chairman and
Secretary in accordance with the Charter.
Item 2: Approval of minutes - September 2, 1986
Chairman John Bailey noted the following 2 corrections:
A. Page 2, Land Owners /Developers #3, Change Nokor to Nikor
B. Page 2, Members at Large #1, Delete Triland
Boardmember David Greer made a motion to approve the minutes of
September 2, 1986 with the corrections stated above. Boardmember Jim
Brown seconded; motion carried 4 -0.
Item 3: Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding
appropriation of the budget in the amount of $37,200.00, for
the Economic and Business Development Board Funds.
Following discussion, Boardmember Sam Shuler moved that we recommend to
Council that we adjust the Budget Figure specific line item update
on Multi -Media slide presentation and conversion video tape from
$5,000.00 to $2,200.00 in consideration of the overall budget being
reduced to $37,300.00; Chairman John Bailey seconded; motion carried
4 -0.
Item 4: Consider drafting a form letter to be used with the City
Brochures that are mailed to companies interested in the City
of Coppell.
Chairman John Bailey distributed rough draft of form letter. Chairman
John Bailey made a motion that we accept the draft letter; Boardmember
Jim Brown seconded; motion carried 4 -0. Chairman John Bailey also
requested that each Boardmember get a copy in their packets depicting
all letters sent out (business name, address, type of business).
Item 5: Consider commissioning a demographic study of Coppell to be
published as a report available for sale to the public.
Following discussion, Boardmember Sam Shuler accepted this project.
Boardmember Sam Shuler will confer with Mr. Brad Mink (Director,
Economic and Development) for the City of Carrollton for assistance in
gathering information for the demographic study. Boardmember Shuler
will begin reviewing vendors and consultants. We want to go with a
vendor who can update this on an annual basis for a reasonable fee.
Also, we will seek funding from the Developers Council. Boardmember
Shuler committed to have a "Requirements List" available for the next
meeting. Chairman John Bailey made a motion that we continue to investi-
gate doing the demographic study for the City of Coppell with Board-
member Shuler accepting this responsibility; Boardmember David Greer
seconded; motion carried 4 -0.
Item 6: Status report on City of Coppell multi -media up -date.
This is currently in process. Mr. Peyton Weaver will continue to work
on this and keep us posted on status.
Item 7: Establishment of goals and objectives for the formal marketing
plan for the City of Coppell.
Following discussion, Chairman John Bailey moved that we set up a work
session with the Council to discuss goals and objectives for the
Marketing Plan, Boardmember David Greer seconded, motion carried 4 -0.
Boardmember Sam Shuler suggested we address the By -Laws. Chairman John
Bailey asked Boardmember David Greer to call Jay Turner and see if he
can suggest a City we could get copies from regarding their By -Laws and
possibly use as an example.
Adjournment
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Thresa Daniels, Secretary
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Dear [NAME]:
Enclosed, please find a copy of our City Brochure. We hope that you
will find the Brochure to contain the information that you need on the
City of Coppell. The Brochure contains information on the City's Master
Plan, a profile of the community, demographics, information on the
Coppell Independent School District and brochures produced by local real
estate developers. Additionally, I think you will find the multi-
colored land use map to be very helpful.
If you have any questions regarding the contents of the Brochure or on
Coppell in general, please feel free to call me at ( )
Sincerely,
COPPELL ECONOMIC & BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Attachment
Page 8 THE METROCREST NEWS
Business
Minyard's staying
even with `giants'
By BILL BUSCHMANN
News Staff Writer
In 1932, M.T. "Buddy" Minyard,
together with four of his brothers
and one sister, opened their first
grocery store — Minyard's Grocery
. and Market.
Now, 54 years later, Minyard
serves as chairman of the board for
the 56- store, family -owned Minyard
Food Stores Inc.
Miles away from the first Min-
, yard's store, an 82-acre site in Cop-
. pelt now serves as home to the
Minyard headquarters. The site fea-
tures 350,000 square feet .of ware-
house space, 42,000 square feet of
offices, an additional 40 acres of
. growth. space — and a replica of the
original Minyard's Grocery and
Market on the northwest corner of
the property.
• Inside the replica store are the
grocery- related antiques collected by.
Henry Minyard, one of the original
six who founded the chain. The store
also symbolizes the family commit-
- ment the Minvards have to the chain
— one of the major reasons the Min -
yard chain has been able to compete
against the corporate giants in the
grocery business.
Stall meetings at the Minyard
corporate headquarters may resem-
ble somewhat of a family reunion, as
Buddy Minyard; his two daughters,
vice chairpersons Liz Minyard and
Gretchen Williams; and his nephew,
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President Bob Minyard, get together
to discuss policy matters.
"It's harder for us to compete in
today's market," Liz Minyard said.
"Safeway has more than 2,000 stores
nationally; Kroger has more than
2,000 stores, too. We just have 56. So
they have more resources than us.
"But 'it's also an advantage, be-
cause we live in the Dallas/Fort
Worth area and our headquarters
are here inCoppell," she added. "We
can • react faster to changes in the
market and therefore serve our cus-
tomers better. We've been in busi-
ness for 54 years, so obviously we're
doing something right."
In the immediate future, the
more than 5,000 Minyard Food
Stores Inc. employees will have to
keep doing things right, as the gro-
cery market continues in a period of
mass competition in a depressed
market.
Together with the grocery store
chains already in the Metroplex
area, Albertson's, once merged with
the Skaggs Alpha Beta chain, has
opened six stores of its own.
"It's very interesting right now,"
Minyard said. "With Albertson's
coming into the market, things real-
ly heated up. When a new player
comes in, it 'sort of upsets the
applecart.
August 21, 1986
BILL BUSCHMANN /Metrocrest News
Liz Minyard stands before a replica of the first Minyard's
store.
Business
Oliver Taylor Co.
helps feed area
:::`By BILL BUSCHMANN
News Staff Writer
• • ~ Not many people in the Metro-
plex ever think — much less know
about the Oliver Taylor Co., but
without it, obtaining desired foods
`:,''would be a much mire difficult task.
"Everyone that buys groceries
• buys through us," said Carl McKee,
president of Oliver Taylor Co.'s Cop -
" ;.peel location. "We like to think of
ourselves as the sales wing for the
• manufacturers."
As one of five offices throughout
the southwest, Oliver Taylor Co.'s
21/2 - year -old Coppeil location fea-
▪ tures 63 employees who maintain
. - communications between 1,124 gro-
• cery stores in the Metroplex area
.:.and the manufacturers of thousands
•
of food products nationwide.
• Whatever the request, the Oliver
• • Taylor Co. can probably arrange de-
: ' .livery. The food brokerage firm
deals with Wyman's Blueberries in
• Maine, New England Fish Co. in
• •=Washington state, Tropicana in
Florida, Starkist Tuna in California,
- and even Pace Picante Sauce in San
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Antonio.
How does it all go together?
It goes something like this: an 01
iver Taylor sales representative con-
tacts an area supermarket, which in
turn places an order with the repre-
sentative. Returning to the Oliver
Taylor office, the representative
then contacts the manufacturer. Af-
ter conducting a credit check on the
grocer, the manufacturer then for-
wards the requested merchandise to
the grocer, who pays Oliver Taylor
Co. a commission for the sale.
And where does the consumer fit
into all of this?
Because Oliver Taylor Co. pro-
vides a commission - basis -only sales
representative, manufacturers do
not need salaried sales staffs of their
own, and thus do not need to build
additional costs into their products
to pay for those sales forces. As a re-
sult, prices to the consumer are kept
down.
"If manufacturers have zero sales,
August 7, 1986
BILL BUSCHMANN /Metrocrest News
Oliver Taylor Co. employees act as middlemen between
food distributors and supermarkets.
they have zero sales cost. If they
have $1 million in sales, they have a
5 percent sales cost," McKee said.
"Through us, companies can utilize
a constant sales factor as opposed to
paying a salesman."
And what about the Oliver Taylor
Co.?
"No matter what happens, people
need to eat," McKee said. "It's a de-
pression- proof, recession -proof busi-
ness. Nothing seems to hurt us.
"In fact, inflation helps us. Costs
go up, so our commissions go up," he
added.
Business salute is a joint effort of
The Metrocrest News and The Me-
trucrest Chamber of Commerce, in-
tended to "salute chamber-member
businesses. If your business is inter-
ested in being featured, call Adri-
enne Much .t 243 -0194 or Richard
Erickson at 245 - 0444.
MEETING TIME: 7:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
PUBLIC SESSION
INVOCATION
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
Item 1: Chairman's Report
Adjournment.
NOTICE OF MEETING
October 7, 1986
MEETING PLACE: Town Center - Conference Room
255 Parkway Boulevard
Coppell, Texas
Notice is hereby given that the Economic and Business Development Board
of the City of Coppell will meet in a regular called session on Tuesday,
October 7, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Town Center,
255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas. The purpose of the meeting is to
consider the following items:
AGENDA
7:30 p.m. (Open to the public)
Item 2: Approval of minutes - September 2, 1986
Item 3: Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding
appropriation of the budget in the amount of $37,200.00, for
the Economic and Business Development Board Funds.
Item 4: Consider drafting a form letter to be used with the City
Brochures that are mailed to companies interested in the City
of Coppell.
Item 5: Consider commissioning a demographic study of Coppell to be
published as a report available for sale to the public.
Item 6: Status report on City of Coppell multi -media up -date.
Item 7: Establishment of goals and objectives for the formal marketing
plan for the City of Coppell.
John Ba Chairman
Economic and Business evelopment
Board
ATTEST:
EC. & DEV.
AGNDA